Cats are too smart to be trained. They'd never dare do something so lowly as perform tricks. They have standards. :3

/crazycatlady

Training is just a combination of positive reinforcement and scolding, tricks are just the result of learned behavior. Training actually shows intelligence since learned behavior shows an animal can understand cause and effect. It just takes more more than praise to train a cat, they're very prideful creatures.

Depending on temperament and how regularly you play with them cats can be very playful. Many carnivores sleep to preserve energy so they don't need to hunt as often. They're also crepuscular which means they're more active at dusk or dawn, which many mammals including cats, dog, hamsters, and ferrets.

Midnight, yeah he was small. I believe he only weighed about 20 pounds. We never had to train him not to jump, really, since he would only ever do it to my dad or me. We did have to train him mot to jump while we were in a suit though.